Self-service store with revoluble shelves



June 18, 1935. J. H. CARROLL SELF SERVICE STORE WITH REVOLUBLE SHELVES Original Filed May 16, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l 5 W 3 Ar 4/ v i a M f mm wulwnnu w r M a a z W 7 I, Z 2 .v /w M I w, J M 0 w ,7 7 m a 7 /l 1 a i 0 0 0 2 MW .ll m 6 7 m z I f June 18, 1935. H, A L 2,005,286

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provide a novel departments; to

provide turnstilecontrolled passageways for the entrance and exit of customers along-predeterssageways being arranged on opposite sides of a central cashiers desk; to provide animproved arrangement of the grocery, fruit, refrigeration,stock departments, and shelving in such a'sto're; and to provide novel types of shelving and novel revoluble shelves for the 'display'of goods and to permitof refilling shelves irom'stock conveniently and also to facilitate the taking account of stock during working hours in the daytime withoutinterrupting service'to customers and without requiring overtime work. It isalso an object-of-my invention to provide tiers of double faced shelves with an intervening partition andto'provide openings in said partition for purposes of ventilati on and inspection and which will permit of revolving the shelves by the stockroom man to put new goods on display without interfering in any way with the regular trade carried on in the store.

It is also an object of my invention to provide an improved type of basket rack and an improved type of checking counter. It is also an object of my invention to provide revoluble sale shelves to size to the stock shelves from which they are filled.

I attain these and other objects of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my store;

Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the revoluble shelving units;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

and

and shown in section mechanism of same.

to illustrate the ratchet Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to Fig.

1 of the drawings showing the building structure, the rear wall is designated as with side walls 2, front wall 3, plate glass walls 4 and central front door entrance 5. The

door 5 opens into diagonally near the spaced diagonally viding the entrance passageway 1.

side of the railings |2 are provide the main entrance passageway disposed disposed railings l2 in pro- On the inner d the exit pasn May 16, weasel-m1 No. 611,721 Renewed April '22, 1935 i 1 Claim. (01. 211 444) sageway8. I provide turnstiles Shaving their posts mounted under the railings H. to control both'theentrance passageways 1 and the, exit passageways 8. I provide a cashiers desk H! of approximately c.-shape having diagonal walls spaced from the rails |2to form the inner pas,- sageways 8. u'Ihe-rails l4 extendparallel tothe longitudinal walls] 3 of the cashier's desk: III ,to formthe passageways 8' constituting an extem sion of passagewaysB. I

"I provide an entrance passageway It to the cashier's desk w s shown. Just back of the cash: iers desk I provide a: suitable basket rack- 6.- Spaced back of. the-basket rack, I provide a delicatessen counter l1 and. spaced back of the deli.- 1s oatessen counter. I provide a suitable refrigeration display shelf l8 with passageways liiintervening between members l6, Hand and longitudinal passageways 20 with which passageways l9 communicate. 20

At one side of the front of the store, I provide a fruit stand 2| and at the other side a vegetable and flour rack 22.

At the rear of the store I provide a stock room 23 and also I provide doors 24 at the rear of the 5 store for admittance to the stock room. Extending longitudinally of Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings,

which illustrate units of the revoluble shelving,

shelving base 3| with spaced upper smaller shelves 32 mounted on a vertical 40 partition 33, the latterin turn being attached to a top member 35. The partition 33 is provided with apertures 34 for ventilation and sanitary purposes. I provide a suitable pivot member 36 on the bottom of the shelves seating in a suitable 45 pivot seat 31. I also provide suitable pivot means 38 on the top member 35 of each unit of the rev.- oluble shelving. I provide stock shelves 4| mounted on the wall 2 of the store providing the compartments 42 and a larger lower compartment 50 43. The shelves 4| aretwice the width of the shelves 32.

Referring to Fig. 4 of the drawings, I provide upwardly slanting shelves 44 beneath the cashiers desk for baskets. Referring toFig. 5, there 55 I provide a revolu-ble is illustrated a section through the vegetable stand 22 showing the opposite slanting shelves and 46 and the top display shelf 49 which is a novel feature of the stand 22.

Referring to Fig. 6, there is illustrated the turnstile post 50 having a ratchet-wheel 5| engaged by the ratchet 52 which is resiliently held in engagement with the ratchet teeth by the compression spring 53.

In actual operation the store has many advantages. The customers enter the store by two diverging outer passageways controlled by turnstiles and depart from the store by two inner passageways, also controlled by the same turnstiles, these inner passageways compelling them to pass directly along the cashiers counter and thereby ensuring settlement for purchases made. arrangement of the basket shelves in inclined position with a basket rack at the rear of the cashiers counter is also an advantageous arrangement and the c-shape of the cashiers counter also has advantages in having the entrance to samea't the most'desirable portion of the counter. -The disposition of the delicatessen counter and refrigerator with intervening passages also is advantageous-in permittingthe customers to pass atwill'to the particular portion of the store which they desire to inspect and patronize. Also the arrangement of the doors at the rear and on the sides for admission to .the stock room and of the pasageways between the stock shelves and the revoluble shelves is also one that facilitates the work of conducting the store efliciently.

One of the greatest advantages of the invention is found in the provision of the improved type of revoluble shelves whichadmits of taking stock'of goods on one side of the shelves without interrupting the business of the store while The goods are sold from the other side of the shelves and then when the work of taking of stock has been completed on that side of the shelves, simply reversing the shelves and proceeding with an accounting of stock on the other side of the shelves.

It is also to be particularly noted that the stock shelves along the wall are twice the width of the revoluble shelves so that the revoluble shelves may be filled from the supply on the stock shelves 'when required. This arrangement permits of taking care of the greatly increased business which occurs on Saturdays in all stores doing a large amount of grocery business. Another advantage of the revoluble shelves is that it permits of stocking the shelves with a special line of goods, as for example some particular line of trade marked goods for a special sale or the like, and then reverting to the regular stock of goods by revolving the shelves when the advertised sale period has terminated. The provision of the apertures in the partition in these revoluble shelves also has advantages as heretofore pointed out in the specification.

What I claim is:

In a self-serv.ce store, the combination of a revoluble shelf unit having a series of longitudinal extending shelves, a bottom shelf of greater area than the other shelves, a top member, a vertical central partition'extending from the bottom shelf to the top member and through the intermediate shelves, means for pivotally mounting the bottom shelf and top member, and a gear and spring controlled ratchet mounted on one of the pivot members to permit of revolving the unit in one direction and preventing its being revolved in the opposite direction.

J MES. H. C RROLL. 

